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Simple Plan pull out of U.S. tour with New Found Glory for covid safety reasons

AUTHOR: Dominika | 19. August 2021 | 1 comment

In a disappointing turn of events for many, Simple Plan just announced on their Instagram that with deep regrets, they decided to not go forward with the co-headlining tour with New Found Glory in the U.S., which was supposed to start at the end of August. The band revealed that while all the band members are vaccinated, the reasoning behind them dropping off the line-up of this tour is their on-going concern for safety and health of their fans, crew and all the other attendees of this extensive tour, given the recent huge spike of covid-19 cases in the U.S. (see the spike here).

Fans will be able to request a refund if they don’t wish to attend the tour anymore – New Found Glory are still going ahead with the tour.

You can read more in Simple Plan’s own official statement, which you can find below:

“Hi everyone!

We are very disappointed to announce that we have made the difficult decision to drop-off of the “Pop-Punk’s Still Not Dead” tour with New Found Glory. If you bought a ticket for the tour and would like a refund, you will be able to request one – keep an eye out on your email.

When we announced the rescheduled dates for the tour last May, the situation with the pandemic was very different from where it is now and we were cautiously optimistic that going back on tour could be safe for everyone.

Although we are all vaccinated and despite the very strict protocols we had planned to put in place, we are very concerned at the thought of going out on such an extensive tour.

After many tough discussions and internal debate, we have come to the conclusion that it just feels too soon for us.

There’s nothing we would love more than to be out there and play for all of you, but we have to follow our gut and do what feels right for us at this time.

We know a lot of you were really looking forward to seeing us play live again and will be disappointed by this news and might disagree with our decision. We want you to know that we acknowledge and respect your opinions, and that we are so sorry to let you down.

Our friends in New Found Glory have made the decision to move forward with the shows, they’re an amazing live band and we’re sad we don’t have the chance to see them play every night. We wish them the best and hope that everyone involved in the tour and all the fans who choose to attend will stay safe and healthy.”

– Simple Plan [on Instagram] –

Chuck and Pierre finally met up for the first time since pandemic started

AUTHOR: Dominika | 15. June 2021 | 1 comment

With California officially reopening and easing up on all covid-related restrictions this week, many people in the area saw that as a sign that it is okay to finally see people they haven’t been able to meet up with for months.

And while it sounds absolutely crazy, believe it or not, Pierre and Chuck from Simple Plan finally met up two days ago for the first time since February 2020, the month of their last tour, just before the pandemic started.

The duo also met up alongside LØLØ, Toronto-based singer, who will be joining Simple Plan and New Found Glory on their fall tour across the United States as a supporting act.

In the gallery, you can now check out two photos of Pierre, Chuck and LØLØ, that were taken on Sunday.

Pierre confirms Simple Plan will likely have new music out before tour with New Found Glory

AUTHOR: Dominika | 28. May 2021 | 1 comment

In a new video published by Alternative Press, Joel Madden (Good Charlotte), Jordan Pundik (New Found Glory) and Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) got together on Zoom to discuss the upcoming ‘Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead’ tour that Simple Plan and New Found Glory are going on together starting end of August.

Besides the new tour, Joel also asked the two musicians about possible new music of both bands, which is when Pierre confirmed that fans who will be attending the ‘Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead’ will likely be in for a treat for some sneak peeks from the new Simple Plan album, as the band should have some material out by then.

Check out what he said about it and the new Simple Plan album:

“Well, we had a new material that we’ve been sitting on for a while and we’re, I think we’re preparing to figure out how to release it. […] We had a record that was getting released before the pandemic and we kinda put breaks on that cause we didn’t know it it was gonna be worth it not being to be able to tour on it. And now I think we’re trying to figure out how do we wanna release it. Like do we wanna do it like a few songs, a few songs and then a few songs. Or the whole record. But yeah, we have new stuff that we’re super excited about. But I’m excited… they all still sound fresh. We did some stuff with Zakk (Cervini), we did some stuff that I produced, […] we got our guy JVP, who was an engineer on our 4th album and he kind of co-produced with me.

Yeah, I’m thinking that we’re gonna have new music out for the tour as well. But I’m not 100 percent sure, but I think at that point we gotta be putting out some stuff that we’ve been sitting on. So, I’m excited for people to hear it. […] We’ve always felt true to what we sound like and pop-punk runs through my veins […] but our stuff sounds like old-school Simple Plan but with a modern twist to it. And we always have a couple of curve-balls, we can’t help ourselves. Simple Plan always like to put a song on there that the true hardcore fans will be like ‘What the fuck is this?’ so… we’ll see how that turns out.”

– Pierre Bouvier [on Zoom call with Joel Madden and Jordan Pundik] –

You can watch the entire video featuring the Zoom call between Pierre, Joel and Jordan below:

Simple Plan finally revealed rescheduled U.S. tour with New Found Glory!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 24. May 2021 | 2 comments

The long-awaited Simple Plan/New Found Glory “Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead” U.S. tour is finally happening! The tour was first announced in the beginning of 2020 and was supposed to take place in the spring/summer of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to be postponed indefinitely.

But now, with vaccination doing very well in the United States and everything slowly getting back to normal over there, Simple Plan and New Found Glory finally decided it was time to get back on the road and just revealed the rescheduled dates and even added a bunch of new ones. The rescheduled tour will kick off on August 31st in Dallas, TX and will finish on October 16th in Orlando, FL.

One slight change for this tour is that Knuckle Puck will no longer be the supporting band, instead SP and NFG will be bringing a young artists called Lolo.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 28th at 10am local time. Tickets from last year will still be valid for rescheduled dates.

Check out the full list of dates – we will soon be adding them all into our Tour section for easier access to all ticket links.

Simple Plan postpone co-headlining U.S. tour with New Found Glory to May/June 2021

AUTHOR: Dominika | 13. June 2020 | no comments

It looks like we’re just gonna have to pretend like 2020 never happened, since all events are starting to get postponed for next year. After having postponed their long-awaited co-headlining ‘Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead’ U.S. tour (that was supposed to take place this May and June) with New Found Glory indefinitely a few weeks ago, Simple Plan have just announced that they are finalizing the details of postponing the tour for next year – roughly on very similar dates, also in May and June – this time though, in 2021.

We should be getting specific details about all the new shows and their dates soon, so keep checking our website’s Tour section for that. All purchased tickets for all shows of this tour remain valid for the rescheduled dates in 2021, but if you choose to do so, you can also request a refund.

Check out Simple Plan’s official statement below:

Hey everyone, we hope you’re all doing ok in these difficult times.

In a parallel universe somewhere, we would be on tour right now rocking out for you with our friends New Found Glory on the “Pop-Punk’s Still Not Dead” tour. Unfortunately, we all know this is impossible at the moment and it’s been really tough for us to be unable to do what we love the most: playing shows for you.

Having said that, we have been working very hard to reschedule the shows and today, we are excited to announce that the entire tour will be moving to May / June of next year (2021). It’s been a long and complicated process to re-book all the venues and we expect to be able to share with you all the new dates and final details in the coming weeks. We apologize it has taken us so long to do so.

If you have a ticket for any of the shows on the tour, you can hold on to them and they will be valid for the new 2021 dates.

We know these dates might seem far away, but we’re hoping that the situation will be better by then and that we won’t have to postpone again. There’s obviously a lot of uncertainty, but we want you to know that your health and safety are our number one priority and will guide all our decisions.

We are also mindful that some of you might have experienced financial hardship because of the pandemic or might no longer be able to attend the shows next year. We are really sorry if you’re in that situation. On June 15, you should receive an email from your original point of purchase with info about receiving a refund, if you choose to do so.

We want to thank you all for your patience and understanding in these extremely weird and difficult times. We appreciate it so much and can’t wait to be able to hang out with all of you again.

– Pierre, Chuck, Sebastien, Jeff and David –